NUTRIENT TOXICOLOGY

Abstract

Nutrient intakes form a continuum from lethal deficiencies to lethal excesses. Optimal nutrition requires that intakes of all essential nutrients meet minimal needs and that no substances be ingested in quantities large enough to be detrimental to health. For lack of a better term, nutritional toxicology may be used to describe the study of nutrient toxicities, including imbalances and antagonisms, and nutrient‐toxicant interactions.

Citation

Hathcock, J.N. (1978), "NUTRIENT TOXICOLOGY", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 78 No. 4, pp. 12-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058715